Welcome to the College of IST Learning Design eNewsletter
January 2023
Happy New Year!
And happy start of Spring semester from the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment!
Welcome to Aaron Yorchak
We are very pleased to announce that Aaron has joined the College as an Instructional Designer with the Learning Design team. He will assist with the support of the IST Online courses delivered via World Campus as well as support of Resident Instruction sections and educational technology tools including Canvas. Aaron joins us from his position as an instructional designer in various corporate and higher education settings – most recently with Edge Inc., providing instructional design support to numerous colleges and universities in the New Jersey area. He has expertise in course design and learning object development, and would love to have a discussion with you about these topics – send him an email today to set a time to chat! Please join us in welcoming Aaron at acy5072@psu.edu.
UP Resident Classroom Photos
The IST Teaching site recently had a makeover (check it out here). During the redesign, we realized we are in need of updated photographs of instructors teaching in their classes. If you are available to have photos taken during your resident University Park classes, please contact our multimedia specialist Aimee Brown-Shadduck at asb193@psu.edu, or message her via Teams.
List of Learning Designers
Teaching a World Campus course this semester? Not sure who can be helping you from the Office of Learning Design? Look no further! This list shows the lead and back-up designers for all World Campus courses.
Looking to include more graphics or other media into your courses?
As you are preparing for your courses for Spring 2023, keep an eye out for any visuals that feel stale or outdated. We are building a library of in-house graphic assets and we may have what you need. If we don’t, we now have a form to request what you are looking for. See examples in our IST Learning Design Portfolio.
Request World Campus Course Templates
If you are teaching a Resident Instruction (RI) version of a College of IST course, you can request a copy of the World Campus (WC) course template for that course. Many of the courses that run in residence have an online WC version, and while the format is different from the RI section, you may find useful elements that you can utilize in your course. You can also request the RI shell or just the Academic Integrity module. Make sure that you also contact the course committee chair for info about the course.
Learning Design Support
The Learning Design team is available to help you! Email the Learning Design team with specific questions or to schedule a consultation at istlearningdesign@psu.edu and one of the team members will get back to you as soon as possible.
IST Teaching Site
The IST Teaching https://teaching.ist.psu.edu/ site has information that you will find useful.